The south bank of Huaishui.

When the Qin army from the west appeared and began to set up camp.

All the Chu troops on this side of the battlefield have retreated back to their own camps, and one by one Chu soldiers wearing red armor are digging trenches outside the camps, ramming walls, and making defensive moves.

"At this time, if Bugu retreats to Huaiyin, not only will he run into Zhao Tuo's army head-on, but the rear will also be pursued by Feng Wuxue's troops."

"In this way, even if Bugu can escape with his life, I am afraid that the 20,000 troops under his command will not survive. For now, the only way to do this is to defend the stronghold. There are still more than ten days of food and grass in the army, as long as I can hold it to the death, it is enough to support Ling Yin to come back to help! ”

Chu Wang Qi was planning and planning.

Faced with Zhao Tuo leading the Qin army here, he was already cowardly in his heart, and did not lead the army west to try to break through the interception of the Qin army.

Chu Wangqi knew very well that although Zhao Tuo was young, he was a fierce general on the battlefield, and he, a coach with no battlefield experience, could not be his opponent.

If you attack rashly, the only thing that awaits the fate of these 20,000 Chu troops is annihilation.

Only by turning offense into defense and persevering until Ling Yin's return is his only chance of survival.

"Ling Yin, I will definitely come back to save Bugu and save Chu State!"

……

In the southwest of Huaiyin City, red flags came one after another.

After a long journey, the 40,000 Chu army arrived outside the city of Huaiyin.

Xiang Yan stood on the coach's chariot and looked out at the east of the city.

To the east of Huaiyin, the Qin flag was fluttering, and the Qin army camp blocked their passage to the east.

"Ling Yin, this is Cai Yuan who led the troops into Huaiyin and made way for the Qin army."

Jing Tong's face was full of iron, and he and his brother Jing Ju walked with a short-bearded and white-faced general.

"Ling Yin, the last general is also afraid that the Qin army will capture Huaiyin, so he will lead his troops into the city to garrison. The first is to ensure that Huaiyin is not lost, and at the same time, with the help of the city defense to resist the tens of thousands of troops of the Qin people. Second, I also thought that if I defend the city, when the Qin army sees that the siege is not going down and turns to the king, the last general can lead the troops out of the city and follow behind the Qin army to pursue, and it will definitely be able to break it. Who knows......"

When Cai Yuan said this, he looked terrified.

Xiang Yan glanced at him and said coldly: "So you get out of the way and lead the army into Huaiyin." As a result, when the Qin army did not attack Huaiyin, but went east to attack the king, they also left a group of men and horses to go down to the village, but blocked you in the city. You led your troops out of the city and wanted to break through the Qin village, but you found that you couldn't get in, making your previous plans useless. ”

"Ling Yin, this Cai Yuan delayed the military plane and caused such a situation, he should be killed!"

"Damn it!"

The two brothers, Jing Tong and Jing Ju, spoke hatefully.

No wonder they're so angry.

If this Cai Yuan does not enter Huaiyin, or only divides part of his troops to guard Huaiyin, and leads his army to set up a village on the road and guard the intersection. He has 10,000 soldiers under his command, not to mention how long he can stop the Qin army, but a few days should be no problem.

Xiang Yan gave up the barrier of the good path and marched all the way, and he was able to reach the outside of Huaiyin City in just a few days.

At that time, Cai Yuan will block the way, and Xiang Yan will attack from behind, maybe he can annihilate all the Qin army's partial divisions, so as to relieve the danger of Huaiyin this time.

Unexpectedly, Cai Yuan took it upon himself to enter Huaiyin and give up the road to the east, but let the Chu army fall into such a passive situation.

Just thinking of the scene where the main force of the Qin army and Feng Wuxuan's troops joined forces to flank the king, all the Chu people present were sweating on their foreheads.

So Cai Yuan, how not to kill!

Hearing everyone shouting to kill, Cai Yuan's face was like earth, and he knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.

"The last general is incompetent, please let Yin Rao the last general take his life!"

In the midst of Cai Yuan's wails and the shouts of the generals to kill, Xiang Yan took a deep breath and said with a sad face: "The matter has come to this, it is useless to kill, go down and make meritorious contributions." ”

"Thank you Ling Yin, the last general will definitely make meritorious service and fight with those Qin people!"

Cai Yuan knocked his head out of blood, and then he trembled and retreated.

Jing Tong was not convinced, and wanted to say more.

saw Xiang Yan looking up to the sky and sighed: "If Wu'er and Zhaoping are here, An can have this happen!" ”

Jing Tong was silent, thinking of his defeat, as well as Xiang Qu and Zhaoping's self-killing.

He understood why Xiang Yan didn't kill this Cai Yuan.

The Chu State overthrew the army and killed the generals, lost one game, and died one general.

In the end, looking around, there was no good general.

If Zhaoping and Xiang Qu don't die, Chu Wangqi has good generals available, and he won't send a stupid general like Cai Yuan to create such a situation.

Although Cai Yuan is stupid, if he has been in battle for a lot, it is not impossible to grow into a general, so why kill himself for the sake of irreparable things?

The Chu people have no generals.

Jing Tong sighed, no longer said anything about Cai Yuan, but looked at the Qin army camp in the distance, and whispered: "Ling Yin, our plan now is to go all out to break through this Qin army camp." ”

The generals nodded, the Chu army now had no other choice, it depended on who was faster, they or the Qin people.

If the Chu army breaks through this camp first, it can go all the way east to save the Chu Wang Qi who was flanked.

If the Qin army breaks through Xiong Qi, the king of Chu, first, and then turns around and joins the Qin army here, then this victory is unpredictable.

Xiang Yan's eyes narrowed, looking at Qin Ying, who was flying black flags in the distance, and said in a cold voice: "Leave 10,000 people to rest." The remaining soldiers attacked the Qin army camp in batches, day and night, and they wanted to break through this camp at all costs to save the king! ”

"Yui!"

Soon, there were passionate war drums beating outside Huaiyin City, and countless Chu troops wearing red armor rushed towards the Qin camp.

Forgetting life and death, he fought hard to attack the camp.

……

"General, the Chu army has dug ditches and camps, and the defense is strong, and my army may be difficult to take in a short time."

Lu Juan looked into the distance, shook his head and sighed.

The sound of the golden cymbals rang out.

Zhao Tuo stood on the car and watched the Qin soldiers who were attacking the Chu camp in the distance retreat.

The Qin army's attack did not bring much benefit except for capturing a weakly defended Chu army border camp and throwing down hundreds of corpses.

After all, the king of Chu contracted the whole army, relying on the camp to defend and occupy favorable conditions.

Even if Zhao Tuo and Feng Wuxuan launched an attack from the east and west, no matter how fierce the Qin soldiers were, such an attack on the camp could only be a hard-fought battle, and there were not many shortcuts, and the Qin army could only exchange the lives of the soldiers if they wanted to break the camp.

The Chu army of 20,000 people, protecting their new king, fought one by one, and the Qin army wanted to break through the Chu camp, which was not easy to say.

"Xiang Yan has already arrived in Huaiyin with his troops and is attacking Shijian. There are a lot of corporal soldiers under Xiang Yan's command, plus the 10,000 people in Huaiyin, I am afraid that it can reach about 50,000, such a number, the company can't stop it for long, we must take Xiong Qi down as soon as possible. ”

Zhao Tuo looked at the continuous Chu camp in the distance, with a contemplative look in his eyes.

After a long time, he spoke: "When our army lured Jingtong before, there were hundreds of prisoners left in the army. There are also Chen Ying and other Chu people recruited from Dongyang, the number of them should not be small, you all gather them together for me, and I will make my own arrangements later. ”

"Later, I will write another letter, and ask Li Shang to bypass the Chu army camp and go to General Feng in the east to deliver the slip."

……

Night falls.

The Qin troops on the east and west sides had already retreated, and there was no intention of attacking at night.

In the Chu camp, there were wounded soldiers wailing everywhere.

Chu Wang Qi was depressed in his heart, walked out of the big tent to change his breath, and came to the northern camp near Huaishui under the escort of short soldiers.

The moonlight is clear, reflected in the Huai River, sparkling, quite dazzling.

He stood by the river and looked at the Huaishui River in the distance.

Inexplicably, he remembered Guanzhong.

A long time ago, Xiong Qi also stood in the land of Guanzhong, on the bank of the Weishui River, looking at the scene of the waves under the moonlight.

Xiong Qi, who grew up in Qindi Guanzhong since he was a child, stepped on the yellow earth and drank the water of the Wei River, how could he have no feelings for that land.

In a sense, Qindi in Guanzhong is the hometown where Xiong Qi was born and raised.

It's just that the hometown is good.

In his body, what flowed was the blood of the Xiong family.

The seedling descendant of Emperor Gaoyang, the bloodline of Huo Zheng Zhurong.

"Bugu is the son of Ji Lian, and after the bear, the blood in his body is noble and unyielding."

"The society of Chu is about to fall, and the eight-hundred-year-old inheritance is on the verge of being cut off, so Gu An can sit idly by."

Xiong Qi sighed, he looked at the river in the distance, and there was a blur in his eyes.

In his mind, a figure of a man dressed in royal robes appeared.

That is the king who chose to believe in him.

"Will you understand me, my lord?"

Just when Xiong Qi muttered to himself, secretly sentimental.

Above the Huai Shui, there are ships sailing in the moonlight.

On the boat, there was a faint singing voice.

On the east, west, and north sides of the Chu military camp, on the land illuminated by the moonlight, figures appeared one after another.

They held in their hands a strangely shaped instrument, through which the sound reverberated in the wind, clear and loud.

Xiong Qi listened.

It is the voice of the Chu people, and it is the song of the Chu people who miss their hometown.

Wading in the green clouds to flood and wandering, suddenly came to the old hometown.

The servant was sad and sad, and he couldn't do it.

Thinking about the old is so imaginative, long too breathing and hiding tears.

……

(End of chapter)